Grammy's Kitchen · Roast Chicken · My Best Roast Chicken

One of 43 roast chicken recipes we measured

My Best Roast Chicken

from houseofnasheats.com

It ranks #1 of 43 for browning depth among the roast chicken recipes we compared. 5 cooks on houseofnasheats.com rate it 4.8★.

hands-on20m
waiting1.5 hr
makes4
each$0.19
kcal584
levelintermediate
Needs:Thermapen ONEAs an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 43.

this recipe typical
fat4%3%
salt0%0%
aromatics1%1%

Where it stands out

  • #1 of 43 for browning depth
  • #1 of 43 for tenderness

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

2268 g4-6 pound whole chicken
21 g3-4 teaspoons kosher salt (more if the chicken is on the larger side)
2 g1 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
57 g1/4 cup salted butter (softened to room temperature)
12 g4 garlic cloves (minced)
2 g2 sprigs fresh rosemary (chopped)
Aromatics for stuffing the chicken like a quartered onion, roughly chopped celery, garlic cloves, fresh herbs like rosemary or thyme, or a halved lemon
1 lemon (sliced in half)
3 g1 head of garlic (sliced in half)

Method: 6 steps, published by houseofnasheats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Beautiful flavour. I added desert spoon of herbs de Provence to my butter and was beautiful. A lovely moist bird! Thank you” — a cook, 5.0★
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